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Jersey Number 99
Isaac Ukwu
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 242
- Hometown:
- Upper Marlboro, Md.
- High School:
- Wise
- Major:
- Cyber Intelligence
Bio
2022:
- Started all 11 games at defensive end
- College Football Network Honorable Mention All-American
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Football Team
- First Team All-Sun Belt Conference defensive lineman
- Football Bowl Subdivision All-ECAC Team
- VaSID First Team All-State
- Pro Football Network Weeks 6 & 12 College Football Team of the Week – Second Team
- Had 40 tackles (22 solo) to go with 10.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, three pass breakups and six quarterback hurries
- Career-high seven tackles with a career-tying 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Louisville (Nov. 5)
- Made six stops and ied career highs of 2.5 TFL and 2.0 sacks with a forced fumble at Arkansas State (Oct. 8)
- Also had a career-high tying 2.0 sacks vs. Marshall (Oct. 22)
- Recovered a fumble at App State (Sept. 24)
- Six total stops with 1.5 sacks vs. Georgia State (Nov. 19)
- Five tackles vs. #23 Coastal Carolina (Nov. 26)
- Had 2.0 TFL and a sack with a career-high two breakups vs. Middle Tennessee (Sept. 3)
- Had 1.5+ tackles for loss and a sack in five games
- Made three or more tackles in eight games
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
2021:
- Started all 14 games at the STUD position
- Second Team All-CAA defensive lineman
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- Had 44 total tackles (21 solo) to go with 16.5 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, two pass breakups and five quarterback hurries
- Season-high six tackles in FCS quarterfinals vs. Montana (Dec. 10)
- Career-high 2.0 sacks vs. Maine (Sept. 11)
- Career-high 2.5 TFL vs. Elon (Oct. 30)
- Had at least a full sack in seven games
- Tallied at least 2.0 TFL in six games
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
2020-21:
- Missed entire season due to injury in the fall
- President’s List (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
2019:
- Missed entire season due to preseason injury
- President’s List (Fall 2019)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
2018:
- Played in three games
- Had four total tackles (two solo) to go with a half tackle for loss
- Had two tackles vs. Robert Morris (Sept. 13)
- President’s List (Spring 2019)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2019)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
2017:
- Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility
- Dean’s List (Fall 2017)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
High School:
- MPSSAA 4A First Team All-State as a junior and senior
- Honorable Mention All-Metro as a senior
- First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior
- First Team All-Montgomery County as a junior
- Helped Wise to 4A state championship in 2016 with a perfect 14-0 record
- Participant in Maryland Crab Bowl
- Big 33 Elite 100 selection
- Wise finished 2016 ranked No. 25 by USA Today
Personal:
- Son of George and Ibitubo Ukwu
- Has three brothers, Brian, Felix and Miles, and two sisters, Tracy and Helen
- Graduated from JMU in spring 2020 with a bachelor's degree in computer science
- Enrolled in JMU's cyber intelligence certificate program
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